New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a telephonic conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, during which the leaders discussed a wide range of bilateral and global issues. PM Modi described the interaction on X as a “very good conversation,” noting that both sides positively assessed progress in defence, trade, technology, and people-to-people...
Updated: Sep 6th, 2025 US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to rename the Department of Defence as the Department of War. After signing the order on Friday, Trump said the Department of War is a “much more” appropriate name, especially in the current security environment. “We won the First World War, we...
Updated: Sep 6th, 2025 UK Deputy PM David Lammy British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday carried out a major cabinet reshuffle, naming David Lammy as Deputy Prime Minister after Angela Rayner resigned over a tax underpayment controversy. Angela Rayner, who was also serving as Housing Secretary, resigned after admitting to underpaying tax on a...
Updated: Sep 6th, 2025 Amid US President Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on India and cryptic posts of ‘losing India’, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Friday said that India will have to apologise soon and make a deal with the US as it cannot survive without the American market. Speaking at a TV interview, Lutnick...
In a landmark disclosure, Canada’s Department of Finance has formally recognised that certain Khalistani extremist groups—including Babbar Khalsa International and the International Sikh Youth Federation—have been raising funds domestically to support politically motivated violent extremism (PMVE) within the country. The findings appear in the newly released 2025 Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks...
United States President Donald Trump has once again highlighted his personal bond with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing India-US ties as a “very special relationship.” Addressing media in Washington, Trump stressed that despite occasional disagreements, “there is nothing to worry about” between the two nations. “I’ll always be friends with Prime Minister Modi. He’s a...
US President Donald Trump appeared to backtrack from his previous remark about “losing” India to China. At a White House press conference on Friday, Trump said, “I’ll always be friends” with Prime Minister Modi” and called him a “great Prime Minister.” Hours after this comment, Indian PM Modi reciprocated on Saturday by saying that he...
Amid rising tensions in India–US relations, United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said during an interaction with Bloomberg TV on Friday that India would soon seek reconciliation with Washington. Lutnick predicted that within the next one or two months, India would apologise to US President Donald Trump and come to the negotiating table for...
On the 700th day of the Israel-Hamas conflict, the al-Qassam Brigade, the military wing of the Hamas allegedly released video of the Israeli hostage Gilboa-Dalal, who was among the ones captured by Hamas from Nova Music Festival. The video, confirmed by media houses to be from the Gaza, shows Gilboa-Dalal in a car, driving in...
Updated: Sep 5th, 2025 US President Donald Trump on Thursday said Europe must stop purchasing Russian oil as it helps Moscow to fund its war against Ukraine. As per reports, the White House official told a news agency that Trump joined a call of the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ countries, led by French President Emmanuel...